Determining risk for severe leptospirosis by molecular analysis of environmental surface waters for pathogenic Leptospira

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1329-1340

  Ganoza, Christian A ^a   Matthias, Michael A ^b   Collins Richards, Devon ^b   Brouwer, Kimberly C ^c   Cunningham, Calaveras B ^b   Segura, Eddy R ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^d   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^a   Vinetz, Joseph M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SURFACE WATER; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEVER; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; TAXONOMY; URBAN AREA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AMERICA;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33748349464     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030308     Document Type: Article

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